About NO!SPEC
Spec work and spec-based design contests are a growing concern. So in an effort to educate those working in the Visual Communication industry as well as the clients who use their services, a group of designers banded together to bring the NO!SPEC Campaign to the public.
Category Archives: Design Contests
Logo Design Love: SpecWatch on Design Contests
Do you twitter? If you don’t have a twitter account, then you are missing out on the latest spec happening in the design industry. Logo Design Love: It’s interesting to see the recent appearance of Spec Watch, a venture that … Continue reading
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Tagged 99designs, CrowdSpring, designers, Spec Work, SpecWatch, Twitter
420 Design Blog on Design Contests
Design contests don’t bring the best of anything. From Angie: Just under a week ago I received an email from an employee from what I presume is Lord & Taylor’s PR firm telling me (albeit not personally as it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Design Contests, designers, Lord & Taylor's
From the Logo Factor: Are Logo Design Contest Sites Even Legal?
Steve’s written a thought-provoking article at the Logo Factor Design Blog: Are Logo Design Contest Sites Even Legal? Steve: I’m of the opinion that logo design contests, not the cute effort where the local church asks the kiddies to design … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, Logo contests, spec
Newsletter Design Awards
We are always on the lookout for ethical design competitions and awards programs to share. This week, Roger C. Parker of Design to Sell contacted us about the Newsletter Design Awards at Newsletter on Newsletters. In the business for over … Continue reading
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Tagged competitions, Ethical Design Competitions
Island Def Jam Music Group, getting a good deal
Watch Out for the Fall Out By Robert Wurth of Freshly Squeezed Design. The Island Def Jam Music Group (under the sponsorship of The Universal Music Group) is holding a contest for the design of “pre-order†artwork for the impending … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, Music Industry, Spec Contests
Speak Up and New York’s High Priority
A personal opinion Fueled by passion for the design industry, a group of designers started the NO!SPEC campaign. Been there, done that, it was our aim to educate young designers about the dangers of working on spec. We wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged contests, designers, no-spec, Speak Up
TexasDesign.com: Fossil Holds Design Contest
TexasDesign.com reviews the Fossil design contest – “Great exposure or simply spec work?” With the case of the Fossil contest you lose all rights to your designs when you enter the contest. Submissions will not be returned. Submissions become the … Continue reading
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Tagged Design Contests, designers, Spec Work
Boxes and Arrows – Getting there
Are We There Yet? – Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design Back when we decided B&A needed an overhaul, we held a contest for a new design of Boxes and Arrows. Boy, was that a mistake. Although the … Continue reading
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Tagged Design Contests, designers, Spec Work
Creativity Awards Closes Book on Cover “Contest”
Creativity Awards closes book on cover “contest” by Jeff Fisher LogoMotives I’ve always been a huge fan of the design competitions conducted by David E. Carter, resulting in books such as the American Corporate Identity, The Big Book of Logos, … Continue reading
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Tagged designers, Spec Contests, Spec Work
Mark Boulton on NO!SPEC
Wikipedia and Bowing to the Brand Wikipedia are having a design competition. Whilst it doesn’t come as a complete shock that a site which offers free content is after free work, I’m still reeling from the opportunity that this presents … Continue reading
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Tagged Spec Work, Wikipedia